It’s understandable if Donald Trump and his supporters find inspiration in the Chicago Cubs. Less than a week ago, the Cubs were down three games to one in the World Series. Armed with their computers and stats, the numbers-crunchers and odds-makers gave the Cubs a 17% chance of coming back… CONTINUE

If you’re a rabid Donald Trump supporter, your first stop each morning may be the Los Angeles Times tracking poll. That survey, which follows the same 3,000 eligible voters over the course of months, has been very favorable to your guy. On Thursday morning the LAT poll had Trump with… CONTINUE

To paraphrase Sally Field, ‘She hates me, he really hates me!” Any doubts that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton absolutely, positively loathe one another? You might watch a few clips from Thursday night’s Al Smith Dinner at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Big name politicians show up every year to yuk… CONTINUE

In his farewell address at the end of his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower warned of an ominous ‘military-industrial complex’ that could endanger our ‘democratic processes.’ Well, today our democratic processes are more than just endangered. They are under full assault by another unholy alliance that can be pithily described as the… CONTINUE

Like newlyweds, newly-elected presidents traditionally enjoy a honeymoon with the American people. It’s that first month of marriage – a moon – when things are as sweet and delectable as honey. That period of affection and good will, usually lasting far longer than a month, has been an American tradition…. CONTINUE